Department of American Studies

Monthly News Digest

February 2012

Events

February 1, 11:30 a.m.- 1 p.m.. Bowman House
Russell Scott Valentino
Professor, Cinema and Comparative Literature
"Crossing: A Braided Memoir"

February 9 (Thursday)
Mary McDonald
Professor of Sport Studies, Miami University
"Are We All Penn State?: Comments on Sport Scandals and the Neoliberal University"

February 10
DEEPLY DEMOCRATIC: A Symposium on Dr. Manning Marable
Iowa City Public Library, 12:30-5:30 p.m.
Sponsored by The African American Studies program, Departments of American Studies, Religious Studies, History, Sociology, the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies, project on the Rhetoric of Inquiry, and International Programs
http://africanamericanstudiesuiowa.blogspot.com/p/events.html

February 24
Jerald Schnoor
Allen S. Henry Professor, College of Engineering, The University of Iowa
"Water Sustainability in a Changing World"

News

Brian Hallstoos (PhD 2009) has been hired as Assistant Professor of History at the University of Dubuque. The initial contract is for five years until a History major established; that is part of Brian's charge. Courses include two World Civ I courses: a course called "Developing Nations of the Word" and "The History of Music" (which he will team-teach with the director of the Fine Arts Dept.). He will also be developing courses in African American history and other topics of his choosing. Congratulations Brian!

Graduate Students

The Graduate College is now accepting nominations for the Ballard and Seashore Dissertation Year Fellowship.

The Ballard and Seashore Fellowship is intended to help Ph.D. students in the social sciences and humanities complete their dissertations. This is a final year fellowship, only for students who expect to graduate by the end of the Summer 2013 term.

Students must be nominated by their departments or programs. Deadline for nominations is February 20, 2012 (due to American Studies February 13).

Full details and a link to the nomination page are available here:

http://grad.uiowa.edu/ballard-and-seashore-dissertation-year-fellowships

Graduate Student Support Group
This support and educational group is for graduate and professional students enrolled at the University of Iowa and is designed to assist students in dealing with the unique demands and challenges of being in graduate school. If you’re interested in joining the group or have questions, please contact Kathleen H. Staley, Ph.D. at 335-7294 or email her at: kathleen-staley@uiowa.edu
When? Spring 2012 Semester. Group meets each Wednesday between 12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
Where? The University Counseling Service, 3223 Westlawn South

Electronic Submission of Theses and Dissertations
Beginning with the Fall 2009 semester, all masters theses and doctoral dissertations must be submitted electronically to the Graduate College.

Manual of Rules and Regulations of the Graduate College at http://www.grad.uiowa.edu/graduate-college-manual, then via the Table of Contents, go to Section X.H. and Section XII.M.

DISSERTATION SUPPORT GROUP
For more information about the Group and to obtain meeting day and time, please call the UCS at 335-7294

Fellowships

The Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, located in the East Building at the National Gallery of Art, is a research institute that fosters study of the production, use, and cultural meaning of art, artifacts, architecture, and urbanism, from prehistoric times to the present. Founded in 1979, the Center encourages a variety of approaches by historians, critics, and theorists of art, as well as by scholars in related disciplines of the humanities and social sciences.
http://www.nga.gov/casva/fellowships.shtm

Predoctoral Fellowship Program, 2012–2013 : http://www.nga.gov/casva/casvapre.shtm

Predoctoral Fellowships for Historians of American Art to Travel Abroad, 2012–2013 http://www.nga.gov/casva/casvatrv.shtm

Job Opportunities

Funding Opportunities

The State Historical Society of Iowa (SHSI) announces a grant program for the 2012/2013 academic year. SHSI will award up to ten stipends of $1,000 each to support original research and interpretive writing related to the history of Iowa or Iowa and the Midwest. Preference will be given to applicants proposing to pursue previously neglected topics or new approaches to or interpretations of previously treated topics. SHSI invites applicants from a variety of backgrounds, including academic and public historians, graduate students, and independent researchers and writers. Applications will be judged on the basis of their potential for producing work appropriate for publication in The Annals of Iowa. Grant recipients will be expected to produce an annotated manuscript targeted for The Annals of Iowa, SHSI's scholarly journal.

Applications for the 2012/2013 awards must be postmarked by April 15, 2012. Download application guidelines from our Web site (http://www.iowahistory.org/publications/the-annals-of-iowa/research-grants-for-authors.html) or request guidelines or further information from:

Marvin Bergman
Phone: 319-335-3931
e-mail: marvin-bergman@uiowa.edu

Workshops to help students prepare for the Stanley Undergraduate and Graduate Awards for International Research. Students interested in applying for these programs are encouraged to visit our website for further information: http://international.uiowa.edu/grants/students/funding/undergrad/default.asp
and http://international.uiowa.edu/grants/students/funding/graduate/default.asp.

The Division of Sponsored Programs would like to remind you about the services that we offer to graduate students in their search for external funding. Below you will find a list of the ways we can assist you and your students. Also, please check out our new blog, Grants 4 Hawks, where graduate students can find helpful links related to funding: http://dspuiowa.wordpress.com/. Updates can also be found on Facebook and Twitter under Grants 4 Hawks.

For more funding opportunities, visit the ASA website
http://www.theasa.net/opportunities/opportunities_announcements/#C17

The Labor Center, University of Iowa Division of Continuing Education, is offering a quarter-time Graduate Assistant position (ten hours per week) for the fall and spring semesters of the 2012-2013 academic year. This position is funded through a grant from the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.
To Apply:
Send resume, a list of three references with complete contact information (phone, address, e-mail), and a cover letter indicating interest in the position to: Director, Labor Center, The University of Iowa, W130, 100 BioVentures Center, Iowa City, IA 52242-5000. For more information, contact Jennifer Sherer at (319) 335-4144 or jennifer-sherer@uiowa.edu

Training Opportunities

Center for Teaching workshops are now open for registration. For complete details and to register, please go to our web site at http://centeach.uiowa.edu/WorkshopSchedule.shtml

Calls for Papers

“Re-thinking ‘Mid-America’ in a Time of Crisis," the 2012 Annual Conference of the Mid-America American Studies Association, April 1-3, Tulsa campus of Oklahoma State University
http://www.uiowa.edu/~maasa/cfp.html
Proposals due January 15, 2012

Annual Meeting: Call for Proposals (2012) "Dimensions of Empire and Resistance: Past, Present, and Future," November 15-18: Caribe Hilton, 2012, San Juan, Puerto Rico

http://www.theasa.net/annual_meeting/page/submitting_a_proposal/

For other Calls for Papers, visit the ASA website
http://www.theasa.net/opportunities/opportunities_announcements/#C17